Soviet films of Brezhnev's stagnation - part 1 (1965-74)
Good Soviet films of this period, which I have seen.
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- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsYuriy NikulinNina GrebeshkovaAndrey MironovAn ordinary Soviet citizen accidentally intervenes into a huge operation of international criminal group that trades illegally obtained jewelry."Бриллиантовая рука" (Diamond Arm)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-iVfLX2tvY (English subtitles) - DirectorAleksandr SeryyStarsEvgeniy LeonovGeorgiy VitsinSaveliy KramarovIt so happens that peaceful kindergarten teacher is incredibly similar to the terrible villain who stole the helmet of Alexander the Great. And villain's accomplices are unexpectedly similar to children - they also need love and care."Джентльмены удачи" (Gentlemen of Fortune)
- DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsIrina KupchenkoLeonid KulaginBeata TyszkiewiczLavretsky returns to his estate after stay in Paris.Frustrated with life,in his wife's unfair, he falls in love with Lisa. Suddenly the arriving of Fëdors woman which before has been reported the death, completes the simple love."Дворянское гнездо" (A Nest of Gentry)
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsAleksandr DemyanenkoMikhail PugovkinAleksei SmirnovThree stories about Shurik - a young student. He fights against criminals, falls in love, confuses apartments, passes exams - he lives after all."Операция "Ы" и другие приключения Шурика" (Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures)
A well-known film composed three small comedies. It will be easy to understand, even if you have not seen Russian films before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjG-LTi0BuI (English subtitles) - StarsVyacheslav TikhonovYefim KopelyanLeonid BronevoyDuring World War II, a Soviet undercover spy manages to infiltrate the Nazi elite."Семнадцать мнгновений весны". Soviet intelligence agent in the Nazi Berlin. A legendary film and a part of Russian folklore. In 12 parts.
Seventeen Moments of Spring (English subtitles)
https://youtu.be/jtazv8uPvvA
Siebzehn Augenblicke des Frühlings (Russian and German subtitles)
https://youtu.be/sadx8EbPF2c
17 Instantes de una Primavera (Spanish and English subtitles)
https://youtu.be/1ZTCoDMlL2k - StarsAndrey MironovVladislav StrzhelchikZinoviy GerdtCharming womanizer and playboy Leonidas Fadinar wants to quit his bachelor life and marry the daughter of local rich gardener.
- DirectorNaum BirmanStarsAndrei PopovLyudmila IvanovaIrina AlfyorovaGrateful pupils give the singing teacher a red dog Ting, whom he brings to his cramped apartment, where he lives with his wife and children.The plot is simple and even somewhat naive, about a boys' choir and a lost dog.
The film stars several famous Soviet actors: Aleksandr Demyanenko, Yevgeni Yevstigneyev and Irina Alfyorova (her first role). The main part is played by Andrei Popov, who is better known for his part of Zakhar in "Oblomov".
https://youtu.be/H2DtR61HC9Q (no subtitles): - DirectorVasiliy ShukshinStarsLidiya Fedoseeva-ShukshinaVasiliy ShukshinVsevolod SanaevA Siberian farm-worker and his wife travel south for their first holiday, meeting characters such as a smooth-talking con man and a professor of folklore, who invites them to stop off in Moscow."Печки-лавочки" (Happy Go Lucky)
- DirectorSemyon TumanovStarsYuriy NikulinVladimir EmelyanovLeonid KmitMukhtar comes to live and work at the police kennels through rather unusual circumstances. Together with his handler, Glazychev, Mukhtar helps to solve large and small crimes."Ко мне, Мухтар!" (Come Here, Mukhtar!)
- DirectorVladimir MotylStarsAnatoliy KuznetsovPavel LuspekayevSpartak MishulinAt the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov is ordered to guard the harem of a Caspian Sea guerrilla leader."Белое солнце пустыни" (White Sun of the Desert)
The best Soviet action film, it has also become a cult film. For example, the Russian cosmonauts have a tradition to see it every time before the launch into the outer space. The theme song "Vashe blagorodie, gospozha Udacha" ("Your Excellency Lady Luck") has been a hit for decades. Plot: Comrade Sukhov returning home from the civil war is charged (against his will) with the task of protecting a harem of Oriental women from their husband.
http://youtu.be/Yia2azQd4GY (English subtitles) - DirectorEldar RyazanovStarsInnokentiy SmoktunovskiyOleg EfremovLyubov DobrzhanskayaA very good cop tries to catch a very bad and extremely clever car thief. The irony's that the thief isn't very clever, nor is he a bad person. In fact, he's not just a virtuous person he's also the 'cop's best friend."Берегись автомобиля" (Beware of the Car)
This is one of Ryazanov's best comedies and played by stars of Soviet cinema. Many quotes from the film have become sayings in Russian.
http://youtu.be/q0nbvdj_NZo (English subtitles) - DirectorKirill LavrovIvan PyrevMikhail UlyanovStarsMikhail UlyanovLionella PyryevaKirill LavrovThree brothers, one spiritual and living at a monastery, the other - a gambler, and the third - an intellectual, work out their problems in 19th century Russia."Братья Карамазовы" (The Brothers Karamazov)
Directed by Ivan Pyryev. - DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsLyudmila SavelevaVyacheslav TikhonovSergey BondarchukThe Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812."Война и мир" (War and Peace)
Based on Tolstoy's novel, it has probably been the most expensive of all Russian films, due to the battling scenes. I like the acting very much, but I am not so fond of the film director's style - too much smoke, clouds, and bird's-eye views. It has got an Oscar for the best foreign film.
All four parts with subtitles in English, etc:
http://youtu.be/W4EcRSoOG_w
http://youtu.be/D30HmBRQH1s
http://youtu.be/vo7ORTwjqaU
http://youtu.be/zXpkeV32LAQ - DirectorIgor TalankinStarsInnokentiy SmoktunovskiyAntonina ShuranovaKirill LavrovThe life and work of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky is shown through his relationship with aristocratic art connoisseur Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck."Чайковский" (Chaikovsky)
http://youtu.be/dyp4p9dfHbg (1 part, English subtitles)
http://youtu.be/DtCtiBPl1Ws (2 part, English subtitles) - DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsYuriy YakovlevLeonid KuravlyovAleksandr DemyanenkoAn ordinary Soviet building manager, living in the 20th century, looks like Tsar of All Rus' - Ivan IV the Terrible (1530 - 1584). He'd never known this, until his neighbor created a time machine."Иван Васильевич меняет профессию" (Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession a.k.a. Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future)
In this famous comedy, Shurik (whom you probably know from Operatsiya Y and Kavkazskaya plennitsa) invents a time machine and decides to travel to the Medieval Moscow. The film is very amusing and probably is more understadable for foreigners than other Gaidai's comedies. The music by Alexandr Zatsepin is superb!
http://youtu.be/zuYu9VvvD4w (subtitles in English etc) - DirectorVasiliy ShukshinStarsLidiya Fedoseeva-ShukshinaVasiliy ShukshinIvan RyzhovA former thief is released from a prison. He tries to start a new life with his penfriend - a good village woman, but his past doesn't let him go."Калина красная" (The Red Snowball Tree)
- DirectorLeonid GaidaiStarsAleksandr DemyanenkoNatalya VarleyVladimir EtushA young student Shurik comes to a remote mountainous region in search of ancient legends and traditions. Fooled by the corrupt local governor, he helps him to kidnap a beautiful young girl, but soon realizes what he's done."Кавказская пленница" (Kidnapping, Caucasian Style)
http://youtu.be/7DDY1qHxKYs (English subtitles) - DirectorYevgeni KarelovStarsOleg YankovskiyRolan BykovVladimir VysotskiyTwo soldiers become best friends during the Civil War in Russia in the 1920's."Служили два товарища" (Two Comrades Were Serving)
The last days of the Civil War in Russia: the Reds assault the Crimea strongholds. Brilliant acting of O. Yankovsky, R. Bykov, A. Papanov, V. Vysotsky and others. - DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsNatalya BondarchukDonatas BanionisJüri JärvetA psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane."Солярис" (Solaris).
The film probes man's thoughts and conscience, as it follows a psychologist who is sent to a space station situated over the mysterious Solaris Ocean. The two other scientists there tell the psychologist of strange occurrences in the station, and the Ocean's eerie ability to materialize their thoughts.
http://youtu.be/GG9Anstjlro (1 part, English subtitles)
http://youtu.be/yOGHMmKpASk (2 part, English subtitles) - DirectorAleksandr AlovVladimir NaumovStarsLyudmila SavelevaAleksey BatalovMikhail UlyanovThe defeat of the "White Army" in the Russian Civil War of 1918-21, causing massive emigration of the upper classes and nobility, called "White Russians". Set in Crimea, Constantinopol and Paris. The Russian Civil War and emigration is shown through the eyes of the defeated Tsarist Generals - Vrangel, Khludov, Charnota, as well as intellectuals and aristocracy. Amidst the chaos of emigration rough generals Khludov and Charnota become involved in the unfolding love story of professor Golubkov and Serafima. While General Khludov is having hallucinations about the Civil War, General Charnota is more tough and practical. He goes to Paris to frame a wealthy Russian tycoon Korzukhin to support his former wife Serafima and other suffering Russian emigrants."Бег" (The Flight)
http://youtu.be/9UGcyweYo2w (1 part, subtles: English, Spanish, etc.)
http://youtu.be/MbruWic6JzA (2 part, subtitles: English, Spanish, etc.) - DirectorStanislav RostotskiyStarsVyacheslav TikhonovIrina PechernikovaNina MenshikovaA school teacher faces a moral crisis."Доживём до понедельника" (Surviving till Monday).
The best Soviet & Russian film about school.
https://youtu.be/_2YuMHuMKo4 (English subtiles) - DirectorAleksandr ZarkhiStarsTatyana SamoylovaNikolai GritsenkoVasiliy LanovoyAnna Karenina is a young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires Anna complicates her life."Анна Каренина" (Anna Karenina)
- DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsIya SavvinaLyubov SokolovaAleksandr SurinAbout gentle, tender and proud love of Asya, a lame woman, and the driver Stepan who is a good-for-nothing person."История Аси Клячиной, которая любила, да не вышла замуж" (The Story of Asya Klyachina). The film was banned during the Soviet times for its realistic portrayal of the peasantry.
- DirectorAleksandr AskoldovStarsNonna MordyukovaRolan BykovRaisa NedashkovskayaKlavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is softened somewhat by the experience of family life."Комиссар" (Commissar)
- DirectorKonstantin ErshovGeorgiy KropachyovAleksandr PtushkoStarsLeonid KuravlyovNatalya VarleyAleksey GlazyrinA young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him."Вий" (Viy). Based on the novella by N. Gogol. The most well-known Soviet horror film.